Fayose To Mu’azu: Resign, Emulate British LP, Democrats’ Leaders

Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose, has
described the resignation of British Labour Party
(LP) leader, Ed Miliband, and Liberal Democrats
leader, Nick Clegg, over their parties’ woeful
performance in the Thursday
May 7, 2015 parliamentary election as a
vindication of his call for the resignation of the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National
Chairman,
Adamu Mu’azu.
The governor, in a statement by his Special
Assistant on Public Communications and New
Media, Lere Olayinka, insisted he had no personal
score to settle with the PDP national chairman.
He said: “It is morally wrong for the national
chairman to remain in office after leading the
party into its first national electoral loss.
“Alhaji Mu’azu should be honourable enough to
follow the same path as the British LP and
Democrats leaders.
“Mu’azu’s case is even worse than that of the
British party leaders, who resigned immediately
their party lost because majority of PDP
members no longer have confidence in his
(Mu’azu) leadership and there is no way a willing
leader can be forced on an unwilling followers.
“This is not about any personality and I am also
not operating here on empty boast because Ekiti
State was delivered to the PDP 100 per cent.
“Rather, it is about issues. Imagine the PDP not
getting up to five per cent of the votes in Bauchi
State, the National Chairman’s home state and
someone is still not being honourable enough to
resign.
“Haven’t we now seen what operates in saner
climes with the resignation of the British LP and
Democrat leaders?
“Shouldn’t our party National Chairman also take
a queue from this and allow for fresh minds to
steer the ship of the party at this difficult time?
“Methinks leaders in this country should learn
from their counterparts in other climes because
like I said, when a war commander leads his
troop to an embarrassing defeat, such
commander does not need anyone to tell him
that he needs to leave the war front.”